A Florida Highway Patrol trooper was seriously injured Friday morning in a motorcycle crash on State Road 417 in Orange County.

A Florida Highway Patrol trooper was seriously injured Friday morning in a motorcycle crash on State Road 417 in Orange County.

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Updated: 4:37 PM EDT Apr 1, 2016

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WEBVTT NO ONE WAS HURT. NO WORD IF DEPUTIES HAVE ANY TIPS IN THE CASE. A FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL TROOPER IS IN INTENSIVE CARE RIGHT NOW FOLLOWING A TERRIBLE CRASH THIS MORNING. ANGELA: WITNESSES SAY TROOPER JEFF WILLIAMS LOST CONTROL OF THE MOTORCYCLE HE WAS RIDING ON THE 417 NEAR THE BOGGY CREEK EXIT IN SOUTH ORANGE COUNT JIM: WESH 2'S BOB KEALING JOINS US LIVE FROM OSCEOLA REGIONAL HOSPITAL. BOB HOW IS TROOPER WILLIAMS DOING NOW? BOB: I JUST SPOKE WITH ANOTHER JIM I JUST SPOKE WIT ANOTHER, COWORKER OF HIS, WHO SAYS HE HAS A TUBE COMING OUT OF HIS CHEST, MULTIPLE BROKEN BONES, A BROKEN COLLARBONE, ROAD RASH, BUT HE IS IN GOOD SPIRITS AND IS EXPECTED TO PULL THROUGH DESPITE THESE INJURIES. STILL, THIS POTENTIAL MECHANICAL FAILURE OF HIS MOTORCYCLE IS A MAJOR CONCERN. 35-YEAR-OLD TROOPER JEFF WILLIAMS WAS RIDING HIS FHP MOTORCYCLE NORTH BOUND ON THE 417 WHEN WITNESSES SAY HE LOST CONTROL, CLIPPED A POWER POLE AND WAS THROWN OFF. THE CYCLE ENDED UP IN A DITCH. THE TROOPER WAS THROWN CLEAR OF THE ROADWA >> HE'S GOT A TUBE IN HIS CHEST HE'S GOT A LOT OF BROKEN , RIBS AND A BROKEN COLLARBONE BUT HIS SPIRITS ARE GOOD AND I THINK HE'S JUST HAPPY TO BE ALIVE. BO WITNESSES TOLD TROOPERS WILLIAMS APPEARED TO BE HAVING TROUBLE CONTROLLING THE FRONT PORTION OF THE MOTORCYCLE. THE FHP MAINTAINS MOTORCYCLE SQUADS ACROSS THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND FINDING OUT THE SOURCE OF THIS POSSIBLE MECHANICAL ISSUE IS A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN >> RIGHT NOW WE BELIEVE THE MAINTENANCE PART OF THIS IS ISOLATED TO THIS MOTORCYCLE BUT , WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NOTHING GOING WRONG WITH ANYTHING IN OUR FLEET. TO DO THAT, TROOPERS TOWED THE BOBTO DO THAT, TROOPERS TOWED THE DAMAGED 2014 HARLEY BACK TO : THEIR ORLANDO HEADQUARTERS AND PLAN TO HAVE AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC CHECK OUT THE BIKE AND CONFIRM WHETHER THIS CRASH WAS INDEED DUE TO AN ISOLATED MECHANICAL PROBLEM. WILLIAMS HAS BEEN A MOTORCYCLE OFFICER THEY SAY FOR AT LEAST A DECADE AND TROOPERS CREDIT HIS EXPERIENCE WITH BEING ABLE TO GET HIMSELF OFF THE ROAD AND AVOID BEING THROWN IN TO THE ROADWAY WE HAVE ALSO BEEN DOING SOME CHECKING TO FIND OUT IF PERHAPS THIS PARTICULAR MAKEUP MOTORCYCLE HAS BEEN SUBJECT TO ANY RECENT RECALLS.

FHP trooper injured in motorcycle crash

A Florida Highway Patrol trooper was seriously injured Friday morning in a motorcycle crash on State Road 417 in Orange County.